Raspberry Pi: 10 Great Add-Ons You've Never Heard Of

While the Raspberry Pi gets the most attention when it comes to accessories, some developers are focusing on providing accessories for the accessories, including the Raspberry Pi camera. OpenElectronics designed the Pan-Tilt system to give the camera a motorized positioning option for taking unique angle shots.

The Pi-Pan works by using two servos to control the mount's X and Y axes, which are capable of panning 1800 and tilting 1100. Controlling the platform is done through the Pi-Pan controller, which connects to the Pi's GPIO pins. The mount can also be outfitted with the company's Pi-Light LED attachment, which is mounted on the front of the camera and provides illumination for low-light situations. The whole set-up (including the Pi) is mounted to a customizable case, however a case is not required at all for the Pi-Pan to function. Programming movements is done using Python APIs, which can control everything from the camera's movement to controlling the LED light.

The Pi-Pan is currently available for $39 with the light attachment and case sold separately. View the Kickstarter video below:

What about out of the box thinking and using an embedded cellphone. The cell has android grade cpu .5 gb ram 2 gb hard disk, wifi, gsm, gps and of course the full suite of android apps.
Here is one I found on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Unlocked-Touchscreen-Keyboard-Bluetooth/dp/B007V6F2VI/ref=sr_sp-btf_title_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1384384147&sr=8-7&keywords=cheap+tablets+under+50+gps

This is the fun part, where the industry is small and everyone is still talking to each other. Soon enough, assuming this industry takes off, we will get to the point where big money is involved and everyone talks through their lawyers and PR departments. It is going to be interesting to see if the open source ethos holds up through this. When IBM published their PC bus specification it was a radical move, and they most likely only got away with doing it because Corporate IBM considered PCs to be inconsequential to "real" computing. This generation is starting out from a different base - I am looking forward to seeing where they end up.